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ANDERS PAULSON, OF BREDA, NETHERLANDS.

MATCH-MAKING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters lfatent. Patented May 16, 1911.

Application filed May 21, 1908. Serial No. 434,133.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, ANDERS PAULsoN, a subject of the Queen of the Netherlands, residing at 34 Sophiast-raat, Breda, in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in oi' preliminary heater to a paraf- Relating to Match-Making Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a machine for the continuous manufacture of matches, in

which match splints areinserted into cari rier plates, that are fed through the dierent mechanisms, as the iilling, heating, parafiining, dipping, drying and ejecting mechanisms, and are returned to their initial position, where the working cycle recommences.

V The general plan of the machine as a whole may be best gathered from the following brief statement of the operations which the elements thereof are constructed Y and organized to perform. The empty carrier plates coming from the ejecting mechanism, that is to say, after having completed their cycle, are introduced into frames at one side of the filling mechanism. The said frames are then guided in a vertical position along the filling device, the splints being inserted in rows into the carrier plates. As soon as the said frames arrive at the end of the filling mechanism, they are fed in horizontal position upon a quadrangular track which surrounds the several mechanisms. The carrier plates upon the track are fed beneath a presser plate which serves to drive the splints faster and deeper into the carrier plates in such a manner that they all project from the plate operated uponv to the same extent, which is essential for their subsequent treatment. The filled plates are then removed from the frames by means of the ejecting mechanism, whereupon the plates continue their travel. The frames, after having been freed by means of a cleaning device from dust and from t-he fragments of splints remaining therein, are pushed back to the starting point of their cycle, in order to again receive at such ypoint the empty plates coming from the stages of their subsequent treatment, reversing devices located at various points on the track are employed. From the dipping mechanism, the plates are carried to a drier.

Here they are carried in long frames which travel through a considerable distance in the drier, so that the heads of the matches are dried to the requisite extent. The plates are then led from the drying frames and are guided to av mechanism which ejects the 65 matches fromthe plates on to a conveyer band leading to a boX filling machine. The

empty plates then begin afresh their cycle.

A machine constructed in accordance with this invention is illustrated by way of eX- ample in the accompanying drawings, in

which:

Figures 1, 2 and 3 show the improved machine in plan. Figs. 4: and 5 inside elevation. Fig. 6 in front elevation, and Fig. 7 in 75 rear elevation. Fig. 8 is a view of the filling mechanism complete seen from line I-I of Fig. 1. Fig. 9 is a vertical section through the lling mechanism on line H II of Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale. detail the shaking or separator devices associated with the filling mechanism. Fig. 11 shows in detail one of the separator bars. Fig. 12 shows in detail a separator plate and part-s of the frame, frame inserting pins. Fig. 18 shows in detail the mechanism for operating the inserting pins. Fig. 111 shows 'in detail the means for temporarily locking the separator plates in their raised position. frame with a carrier plate therein in plan and side eleva-tion respectively. Fig. 17 is a fragmental sectional view of said frame and carrier plate. Fig. 18 is a front elevation,

and Fig. 19 is aside elevation of a reversing 95 a detail showdevice employed. Fig. QO'is ing the arrangement of rack and slide employed in connection with the reversing Fig. 10 shows inSo holder and Figs. 15 and 16 show a 90 mechanism shown in Figs. 18 and 19. Fig. 21 is a detail view showing a movable and a fixed reversing arm in contact with each other. Fig. 21a is a detail view showing said arms out of contact. Fig. 22 is a cross-sectional view of the paraffining mechanism. Fig. 23 is a detail view of the regulating valve of the said paraffining mechanism. Figs. 24, 25 and 26 are, respectively, a cross section, side elevation and plan of the dipping mechanism. Fig. 27 is a partial front elevation of the drier viewed from line XII- III of Fig. 3. Fig. 2S is a fragmental detail view of the right hand chamber of the drier. Fig. 29 is a similar view of the left hand chamber of the drier. Figs. 8O and 31 are front and side elevations of the ejecting mechanism. Fig. 32 is a detail showing the mechanism for rocking the frame holder and for shifting the frames. Fig. 33 is a detail view showing the spring pressed pins employed for retaining the frames in the frame holder. Fig. 34 is a detail view showing the knives attached to the feeding frame for the carrier plates. Fig. 35 is a detail showing the means for operating the feeding rod for the carrier plates and frames. Fig. 36 shows in detail a vertical central section through the pressing mechanism. Fig. 37 shows in detail a view of the press taken at right angles to Fig. 36, the presser plate being omitted. Fig. 38 is an enlarged sectional view illustrating the operation of the pins for insert-ing the splints in the carrier plates. Fig. 39 is an enlarged sectional view of the upper portion of the pressing mechanism in plane of Fig. 36. Fig. 40 is a side view of Fig. 35, showing the means for operating the feeding rod for the carrier plates and frames. Fig. 41 is a detail view showing a set of vertical plates provided with lateral pins located opposite a carrier plate. Figs. 42 to 44, inclusive, are detail views showing the upper portion of the carrier plate after the first, second and last insertion of splints by the filling mechanism. Fig. 45 is an enlarged fragmental perspective view of one of the magazines. Fig. 46 is a view similar to Fig. 33, but on a larger scale.

rlhe machine as a whole will be best understood on referring to Figs. 1, 2, 3. As shown in these figures, the different mechanisms of the machine are arranged in substantially a quadrangle, while the track upon which the splint carrier plates travel to the said mechanisms forms, in effect, a closed quadrangle. Below the track and also below the different mechanisms the driving means, such as shafts, gears, levers, are mounted. To these driving means power is transmitted from an external source to the main shaft 2, that is mounted in a frame 1, carrying the filling mechanism, the said main shaft being connected by means of bevel gears to a shaft 3 which transmits its movement by way of bevel gears to a shaft 4, which, in turn, drives by means of bevel gears a shaft 5. For completing the quadrangle of shafts,`a spindle 7 is mounted in the frame 1 and is connected by means of bevel gears to the shaft 5 and by means of spur gears to the main shaft 2. The shafts 3 and 5 furthermore are connected by way of bevel gears and a shaft 6. As will be clearly understood from Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the shafts 3 and 5, and the shafts 2, 7, 6 and 4, are arranged parallel with each other.

On the frame 1 and in front of the filling mechanism is arranged a quadrangular track S upon which perforated plates 10 are adapted to travel, into the perforations of which plates the match splints are to be inserted. These plates will hereafter be termed carrier plates.7 ln addition to these carrier plates 10, frames 9 are adapted to travel upon the track S. The construction of these frames will be best seen from Figs. 15, 16 and 17. Each frame comprises two rectangular plates 68, which are perforated in the same manner as the carrier plates 10, and three side plates 9a, the remaining side of the frame being open so as to permit of the insertion of t-he carrier plate 10. For this purpose, one of the two plates 68 is disposed at the top of the side plates and the other in the middle of the same, so that below the second plate a space remains for the carrier plate. Between the plates 68 and 10 and in the corner of the frame.r distance blocks are disposed. At the open front side and the rear side openings 168 are arranged for a purpose afterward to be described.

The track S is extended at one end to such an extent that it can receive two empty carrier plates 10, designated 10ZL and 1.0b in Fig. 1. The said plates are moved to the left (Figs. S and 35) by means of a lug 169 provided upon a feeding rod 15 which is driven from a cam on the shaft 3 by means of a series of levers 16. The extent of the endwise reciprocatory movement thus imparted to the rod 15 is equal to the length of a carrier plate 10 or a frame 9. lVhen this feeding movement takes place a carrier plate 10b is pushed into a frame 9 which lies upon the track in front of said carrier plate. The said frame lies between two levers 17, which are pivotally mounted on a spindle 1S (Fig. 9) about which a frame holder 19 rocks. The frame holder 19 extends obliquely above the whole length and in front of the magazines 21 which receive the splints from tanks hereinafter referred to. As shown in Fig. 32, the frame holder 19 is fixed to a series of levers 20, that are rocked from a cam upon the main shaft 2, so that the frame holder rocks from the position shown in Figs. 4 and 9 to that shown in Fig. 12.

To these levers 20, the levers 17 are also attached, so that on being swung upwardly, they carry the frame and with it the carrier plate, into the frame holder, the guide bars of which latter are cut away between the levers 17. But in o-rder to grip the frame, spring pressed pins 64 (Fig. 33) are mounted on the said guide bars. When the frame is swung into the holder, it pushes back the said pins G4, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 33. The levers 17 then move back to the track 8. The feeding rod 15 is provided with an arm 171 to which a bar 23 (Fig. 35) is attached and also with a platev slidable over the guide rod 15a to give the arm 171 greater stability. Bar 23 pushes the frame to the left, so that it now lies in front of the filling mechanism. In the same manner as described, other frames filled with carrier plates are brought into the frame holder and advanced by the reciprocating feeding rod 15V and the arm 23 attached thereto. When six frames, designated 9b, 9, 9d, 9e, 9f, 9g, are engaged by the frame'holder, the splints may be inserted.

The filling mechanism is provided with six tanks 34 arranged side by side directly above the magazines 21 and filled with wood splints (Figs. 6-9). At the top of the said tanks are arranged weights 35, the objectof which is to press the splints downwardly in a uniform manner from the tanks into the magazines 21, (Fig. 9). Within the magazines are arranged shaking or separator plates 36 provided at both sides with grooves 37 of the size of a splint, (Figs. 10 and 45), and secured at their bottom ends, at definite intervals apart, to a slide block 38. The latter is given a vert-ical reciprocating motion by means of an eccentric 39 carried by a spindle 40. See Figs. 9, 10 and 12. The said spindle 40 is supported in the main frame 1 and is rotated in any well known manner. rI`he separator plates 36 are guided at their upper ends by bolts which project through vlongitudinal slots formed therein, said bolts being secured to guide ledges 41. Midway between two rseparator plates 36 are arranged flat shaking or separator bars 42 provided with projections 43. These bars are arranged on a separate slide block 44 which is given a vertically reciprocating mot-ion, by means of a cam 46 attached to a spindle 45. The separater bars 42 are guided at their upper ends by plates 47 which cover at the back the space between the tanks 34 and the magazines 21'. In this manner, there are arranged in each magazine six separator bars and live separator plates.

The splints contained in the inserting device, are shaken by the vertically reciprocating separator plates and bars, wherebyv the splints will be separated and caused to enter the grooves 37 of said plates. When the frame holder with its frames is brought into the position shown in Figs. 12 and 38, the shaking movement of the separator plates 36 is stopped in the following manner: On a spindle 48, (Fig. 14), are arranged normally depending lever arms 49 which are raised by means of cams 50, secured to shaft 2. In Fig. 14 rthese arms are shown in full lines as occupying their lowest position. When the lever arms 49 are raised by the cams 50, a projection or finger 51 provided on each lever arm, strikes a stop 52, carried by the slide block 38 and will, therefore, hold said slide block in elevated position during ythe further rotation of the cams, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 14. Owing to such movement, a slide block 53 mounted in a bearing 54 on the block 38, (Fig. 12), will be raised along a pin 55 provided upon the eccentric 39, high enough to prevent the slide block 53 from coming into contact with the upper surface of said eccentric, so that said pin 55 will move up and down in the slide block without raising block 38, thus causing theV shaking movement to be stopped. The separator plates 36 then take a position in which their grooves 37 are exactly opposite the perforations in the frames, which latter are located directly in front of the inserting device. The splints are then ejected from the grooves 37 and inserted in the frames by means of a series of adjust-able vertical plates 59, each of which has fastened thereto Aa plurality of lateral pins 56, the number of said pins being exac tly equal to that of the grooves. See Fig. 9. These plates 59 are secured to a block 60 and receive a reciprocating motion by means of lever arms 57, (Fig. 13), rotatable about spindle 48 through the medium of cams 58 secured to shaft 2, the upper ends of said arms being linked to said blocks. For the purpose of guiding the pins, there are provided flat grooved strips 61 (Fig. r13) connected at their lower ends to a strengthening plate 62, and at their upper ends to the bolts of the separator plates 36, (see Fig. 9). The shaking movement above described has the effect of vcausing the splints to move forwardly and to project in front of the separator plates. In order to push the splints back again into the magazines, there is provided a grate-likev frame 63 which, as shown in Figs. 8 and 45, is composed of spaced strips so arranged that the spaces between the adjacent separator plates 36 are exactly closed by the said strips when the latter are pushed back again by the backward movement of the frame holder 19. In closing in this manner, the open side of the magazines, the strips of the frame 63 leave uncovered, however, the grooves 37 of the separator plates 36. See Fig. 45. Frame G3 is mounted on spindle 18, and is connected by a spiral spring to the frame 

